CONTROVERSY AS SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE FALLS TO HIS DEATH FROM 22ND FLOOR OF HOTEL WHILE UNDER INVESTIGATION

South African ambassador dies after falling from Paris hotel room
Story by Kieran Kelly

Emmanuel Nkosinathi Mthethwa was found dead near the Hyatt Hotel at Porte Maillot – South African Embassy in Paris
South Africa’s ambassador to France has been found dead after falling from the 22nd floor of his hotel room.

Emmanuel Nkosinathi Mthethwa, who was reported missing on Monday, was found dead near the Hyatt Hotel at Porte Maillot in Paris on Tuesday, sources told Le Parisien.

Mr Mthethwa, 58, was reported missing by his wife after she received a “worrying message in the evening”, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Fearing that he had taken his own life, the police started a search party in the woods in western Paris.

Mr Mthethwa was appointed to the role in February last year. He also served as South Africa’s permanent delegate to Unesco after a decades-long career in politics.

He was said to be under investigation for fraud in the Police Affairs Ministry where he last served before his foreign posting.
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